EDA study on the impact of REACH and CLP on the Defence Sector has been published

The European Defence Agency (EDA) commissioned REACHLaw Ltd. to carry out a study to examine the impact of the EU’s chemicals regulations – mainly REACH and CLP – on the defence sector . The study was conducted between May and December 2016.

Now the report has been released by the EDA!

To gather the study input, more than 100 stakeholder organisations including EU Ministries of Defence, EU and non-EU defence industries, the European Commission, ECHA and REACH Member State Competent Authorities were consulted. Based on the impact assessment, REACHLaw made a number of recommendations for the EC REACH Review 2017 and for European defence stakeholders. Continue reading…